Sharp As Marbles is a low budget comedy revolving around three dumb guys who all work at the same video store. It has been unfairly compared to Clerks. I say unfairly because although the plots are the same..the humor is completely different. That is to say that while both are very funny films..Sharp As Marbles presents us with less subtle humor. This actually makes the film as good as Clerks. Also, Sharp As Marbles is filmed on an incredibly low budget while Clerks is slightly low budget.
In fact..on a message board I read the following:
- "Sharp as Marbles" was made for approx. $200,000
- The movie was filmed in twelve days
- The website was paid for entirely by trading the old station wagon from the movie
- Filming was entirely shot within a ten kilometre range (all locations were donated - Thanks, we appreciated it!)
- Willow Video is an actual video store, opened twenty years ago by the writers of "Sharp as Marbles" (It is still in operation today)
- Mr. Hamburger was an actual hamburger stand (Great burgers!). Unfortunately, one month after filming, it was torn down, and is now a parking lot
- The film's diretor, John Banovich, is a spokesperson for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers), and has donated his time to filming several award winning commercials for them
- The "Sharp as Marbles" theme song was co-written by Adam Gregory (Albert from the movie) in between filming (Copyright IMDB, User name Ericvillo).
- "Sharp as Marbles" was made for approx. $200,000
- The movie was filmed in twelve days
- The website was paid for entirely by trading the old station wagon from the movie
- Filming was entirely shot within a ten kilometre range (all locations were donated - Thanks, we appreciated it!)
- Willow Video is an actual video store, opened twenty years ago by the writers of "Sharp as Marbles" (It is still in operation today)
- Mr. Hamburger was an actual hamburger stand (Great burgers!). Unfortunately, one month after filming, it was torn down, and is now a parking lot
- The film's diretor, John Banovich, is a spokesperson for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers), and has donated his time to filming several award winning commercials for them
- The "Sharp as Marbles" theme song was co-written by Adam Gregory (Albert from the movie) in between filming (Copyright IMDB, User name Ericvillo).
This came from an actual producer on the film, and considering all this stuff...it still stands as a very funny film. The three main characters..Albert (Gregory), Ernie (Simeon Taole), and George (Sean O. Roberts) are all very sweet and funny. In fact..this film is very touching as well. There are many scenes I thoroughly remember from this film although I have not seen the film for at least a year now.
I have always wanted to revisit Sharp As Marbles...it's funny ,touching, and the writing is way sharper than marbles. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good, innocent time. The film is available for $3 (that includes shipping) on Amazon..so go buy it..now.
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